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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“But the more I focused on my interests, the more it brought out things I liked about myself”
― Raina Telgemeier, Smile

“I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“The truth of God's love is not that He allows bad things to happen, it's his promise that he will be there with us--when they do.”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

“Sometimes love isn't fireworks, sometimes love just comes softly.”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

“When you read you can have every adventure. In the pages of a book you can be anyone you ever dreamed of being... They can never tell you you're too young to slay the dragon -- because it all happens right here, where it's safe.”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

“How did it all come about—this miracle of love? She didn’t know. It had come upon her unawares... softly.”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

“She had drawn strength from the woods. No, not that. She had drawn strength from the God who had made the woods.”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

“Ya see, Marty, sometimes love comes sorta stealin’ up on ya gradual like, not shoutin’ bold words or wavin’ bright flags. Ya ain’t even aware it’s a growin’ an’ growin’ an’ gettin’ stronger”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

“He answers my prayers.” “Ya mean by givin’ ya whatever ya ask fer?” Clark thought a minute, then shook his head. “No, not thet. Oft times He jest helps me to git by without what I asked fer.”
― Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly

“Not all friendships take a long time to grow and deepen. Some are formed in an instant.”
― Robin Lee Hatcher, Belonging

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
― Helen Keller

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”
― Helen Keller

“Without that forgiveness, that peace, no heart is ever happy. There is always an inner struggle. Pain. Only when God has been invited in-to manage one's life, to direct one's thinking, to be in control-can one ever get away from all the conflicts inside. We have to stop struggling against His will before we can find real joy.”
― Janette Oke, The Tender Years

“We never know,” said her father, “when we pray for God’s protection on our children to what great lengths He will need to go to fulfil our prayers.”
― Janette Oke, The Tender Years

“Many of the girls wear simple dresses to church. We do not make a point of ‘dressing up,’ nor do we study one another to see what is being worn. Nor does God. It’s our hearts He views as we enter the doors to His church. Not our clothing.”
― Janette Oke, The Tender Years

“Prayer had worked.”
― Janette Oke, The Tender Years

“Knowledge is having the facts. Understanding is the ability to discern what the facts mean and how they fit together in the big picture. Wisdom is knowing how to apply your knowledge and understanding, translating it into the everyday life of a Christ follower.”
― Tara-Leigh Cobble, The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible

“Out of all the Ten Commandments, there are two He keeps repeating: You shall have no other gods before Me, and rest.”
― Tara-Leigh Cobble, The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible

“Many Christians believe it doesn’t need to be rebuilt because God’s Spirit dwells in His people now, not in a building.”
― Tara-Leigh Cobble, The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible

“This is hard, because the church is made up of sinners. But God continually pours out grace to help us heal wounds, bridge gaps, and restore brokenness, just like with Paul and John Mark. He’s committed to the unity of His church, so He sends the Spirit as our Helper in aiming for unity and truth.”
― Tara-Leigh Cobble, The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible

“Shame feels like an accusation about who you are as a person, someone who is undeserving of love. Humility, on the other hand, is rightly viewing who you are as a person who is loved despite being undeserving. Humility is the narrow zone where you’re not building yourself up or beating yourself up, because you realize it’s not about you.”
― Tara-Leigh Cobble, The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible

“All three persons of the Trinity are present and active at creation: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit. The Father gives the creation commands, the Son does the manual labor of creation (John 1:3), and the Spirit hovers over creation, sustaining and approving of it.”
― Tara-Leigh Cobble, The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible